Mitzvah Speeches

05/14/2026

Can you still live your purpose when you didn't make the cut?

Can you still live your purpose when you didn’t make the cut?

12/25/2025

Fatherhood in Vayigash

Becoming a father again has me reflecting on Vayigash: how we support our children, how we let go, and how faith guides us when we can’t protect them completely. Yosef shows that true parenthood is…

11/20/2025

America’s political divide reflects more than policy disagreements. It mirrors the ancient tension between chessed and gevurah, the spiritual forces embodied by Avraham and Yitzchak.

The American political divide isn’t just about policy—it reflects two deep spiritual forces that have shaped the world since Creation. By exploring how Avraham, Yitzchak, and especially Yaakov bala…

11/06/2025

Miracles rarely arrive out of nowhere. They begin with what’s already in your hands. The oil in your jar, the crumbs on your table, the few minutes of light left in your candles. We keep waiting for God to start from scratch — but maybe the blessing begins in what remains.

Miracles rarely arrive out of nowhere. They begin with what’s already in your hands. The oil in your jar, the crumbs on your table, the few minutes of light left in your candles. We keep waiting fo…

09/04/2025

Does Hashem really care about you? The Piacezna Rebbe says yes — and the proof is hidden in a single Hebrew word: “Ata” (You). Every time you pray, that word makes God present in a way that only yo…

08/07/2025

In Parshat Yisro, we’re told to keep Shabbat because God created the world. But in Va’eschanan, we’re told it’s because we were taken out of Egypt. Why the shift? Is this a contradiction—or something deeper?

In Parshat Yisro, we’re told to keep Shabbat because God created the world. But in Va’eschanan, we’re told it’s because we were taken out of Egypt. Why the shift? Is this a contradiction—or somethi…

06/19/2025

Parsha Shelach - What do you do when you're waiting for you life?

“Your punishment will be according to the number of days that you scouted out the land, 40 days, a day for each year, a day for each year; you will bear your iniquities for 40 years. Thus you…

06/12/2025

Post on the parsha!

The Simpsons has predicted the future multiple times. They predicted a Trump presidency in the year 2000. They predicted the annoying autocorrect feature we’d all struggle with back in 1994. …

05/15/2025

Parsha Emor blog

One morning at my Sunday school, the teacher said to us, “I’m going to leave the room and you can write whatever you want on the blackboard. Well, not anything. When it comes to profani…

03/27/2025

Eclipse Your Passover

There’s a story in the Midrash that when God created the celestial bodies, He made the sun and the moon equal in size. But the moon complained saying, “It is impossible for two kings to share one c…